Kurds languished for years in prison under Saddam Hussein’s regime. Today, they seek compensation for their wasted lives and irreversible injuries.

Yemen is under threat from a wave of crises, forcing affluent Gulf states to consider how best to help a neighbor in need.

Preparations are underway for an international tribunal to try four Lebanese generals accused of murdering former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

An ambitious investigation is shedding light on an alleged plot to overthrow Turkey’s current ruling government, which is led by the AKP party.

Invading Gaza has weakened Palestine’s moderate president Mahmoud Abbas, and reignited hatred towards an increasingly militant Israel.

Yemen is working urgently to ween itself off of the country’s dwindling oil output. But security, political and bureaucratic hurdles are getting in the way.

Saudi Arabia must redraw its foreign policy to manage the region’s new geopolitical realities – and it faces significant hurdles along the way.

Gangs of seaborne bandits are plaguing a key international shipping route, but a showdown with the world’s navies looms.

Middle East consultant Reza Zia-Ebrahimi argues that relations with Iran need to focus on the right person – and it isn’t President Ahmadinejad.

A lack of understanding has created dangerous misconceptions
about the country’s attention-grabbing maneuvers.